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Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Four Texas Guards Nabbed in Bribery Sting by Four Texas state prison guards face felony bribery charges after agreeing to launder supposed drug money for prisoners, authorities told The Associated Press. The four were arrested January 24, 2000 after walking into an undercover sting orchestrated by the Texas Department of …
City Liable for Jail Sex Shows and Nude Dancing by PLN has extensively reported on the prevalence of sexual assault and sexual harassment of women prisoners in District of Columbia prisons and jails. In "Our Sisters Keepers," by Daniel Burton Rose, [PLN, Feb. 1999] we reported on women prisoners in …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Exceeding Doctor's Work Limit Order Actionable Under Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg Exceeding Doctor's Work Limit Order Actionable Under Eighth Amendment by John E. Dannenberg The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that prison officials' forcing of a prisoner to work in excess of a four hour doctor-established …
Filing • May 3, 2000
PLN v. WA DOC, WA, Reply to Response to Complaint, Records - Employee Conduct, 2000 I /\ I 2 3 4 IN THE SUPERJOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHING TON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURSTON 5 6 7 PRJSON LEGAL NEWS, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation, No. …
Guards Fired in Massachusetts Sex Abuse Cases by Four guards were fired from the Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston in August and October 1999 on charges that they had sexual contact with female prisoners. One of the prisoners became pregnant in what was described by the Boston Globe …
Virginia DOC Says 'No Pattern' of Sexual Abuse by In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections conducted an internal review of 44 complaints of sexual assault, harassment and fraternization between prisoners and staff of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, all since the prison opened in April 1998. Even though …
Four Florida Prison Guards Face Murder Charges by Nine guards from Florida State Prison's "X-Wing" were suspended while state law enforcement investigators probed their role in the July 17, 1999 beating death of X-Wing prisoner Frank Valdes [see page 1 of the October 1999 PLN]. On February 2, 2000, four …
Guarding Their Silence: Corcoran Guards Acquitted of Rape by Christian Parenti The acquittal in November, 1999, of four California prison Guards charged with arranging for a young prisoner to be raped by Corcoran State Prison's notorious "Booty Bandit" was the result of a massive legal and political show of force …
CCA Facility Cited for Sex Scandal by On Sept. 17, 1999, Colorado Dept. of Corrections officials confirmed that they are investigating allegations of brutality, sexual misconduct and drug trafficking involving guards at the CCA-operated Kit Carson Corr. Facility in Burlington, which houses around 650 state prisoners. The investigation began in …
Brazoria Trial Brings Acquittals, Convictions in Jail Beatings by In October, 1999, a federal jury returned acquittals and a minor conviction against private prison guards charged with beating and abusing Missouri prisoners. As previously reported in PLN, some 100 Missouri prisoners were sent to the Brazoria county jail in Texas …
Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000
The Keeper of the Keys by Rick Card by Lee Dickenson, Lost Coast Press, 1999, 161 pages Review by Rick Card In a sequel to The Sounding Tree, published last year [PLN, May 1999], Lee Dickenson now offers a bundle of unrelated tales about his experience as a Connecticut prison …
Filing • March 2, 2000
PLN v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Records - Employee Conduct, 2000 2 3 4 5 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURSTON 6 7 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation, 8 Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) 9 I0 …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Prison Guard Golf Tourney Tees off Town by Officials of the upstate New York town of Canton will no longer play host to a golf tournament for prison guards after the last event turned into a "drunk fest." During the August 13, 1999 event, New York prison guards urinated in …
California Guards Abuse Young Prisoners by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely In a developing investigation eerily reminiscent of the abuse, corruption, and cover-ups at Corcoran prison, California Youth Authority guards stand accused of beating, and setting up fights between, youthful offenders at Youth Correctional Facility (YCF) in Chino, California. A …
Valdes Murder Witness Exiled, Muzzled by On the cover of the October 1999 PLN was an article describing the July 9, 1999 beating death of "X-Wing" prisoner Frank Valdes at the hands of Florida State Prison (FSP) guards. The day of the killing Valdes' partner and fellow X-Wing prisoner William …
Beaten Attica Prisoner Awarded $70,000 by After a two-week trial during July 1999, a jury ruled in favor of plaintiff Wayne Ford and awarded him $70,000 in a suit against Attica guards for using excessive force. Wayne, 32, who acted as his own attorney through much of the proceedings, said …
Maximum Security University, edited by Tom Quinn (Book and Video Review) by Paul Wright Video Review by Bob Fischer and Janet Stanton Maximum Security University is a 48 minute video production by California Prison Focus depicting the deaths of four prisoners shot by guards during the notorious gladiator fights at …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
CDC Settles Corcoran Shooting Suit for $2.2 Million by In May, 1999, the California Department of Corrections (CDC), announced it would pay $2.2 million to settle a shooting lawsuit by former prisoner Vincent Tulumis. Earlier this year the CDC settled the Corcoran shooting death lawsuit by the estate of Preston …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Pelican Bay Guard Indicted in Shooting by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely For the second time in less than two years, a California prison has become the target of a U.S. Justice department investigation. In part of what is expected to be a wider civil rights prosecution, a federal grand …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Many Florida Prison Guards Are Law Breakers by After a review of state records, two Florida newspapers have revealed that state and county prison guards are twice as likely to be disciplined for violations of standards than police officers and that nearly ten percent of Florida state prison guards have …
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